TRENDING: Why It's So Hard To Lose Weight After 50, And The #1 Most Addictive Carb you MUST Avoid IF You Want To Stop Gaining Weight Each Year...
If you're like most men and women over 50, you've probably noticed how much easier it has become to gain weight than to lose it...Every year, that number on the scale keeps creeping up a few notches, EVEN IF you're saying "No" to Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough and "Yes" to Yoga.
So what the heck is going on?
Why do your jeans keep getting tighter?
Turns out, after you hit your 30's, your metabolism begins to slow down1, which means your body is burning almost 200 less calories a day by the time you're 50.
As If Your Slowing Metabolism Wasn't Enough...
As if a slowing metabolism wasn't enough, after 30 you also start losing about half a pound of your calorie burning muscle tissue each year (and at 50, that rate doubles!)2... not exactly a recipe for a slim waistline!
So what's a concerned "50 something" to do?
For most people, it's hard enough to find the motivation to exercise and the discipline to eat healthier... but after 50, it's like a double whammy!
Change is hard. Your body doesn't respond to exercise as quickly as it used to and even if you want to eat healthier, most people haven't the faintest idea what "healthy food" really is. For instance...
References:
1 Susan B Robert et al. Energy requirements and aging. Public Health Nutrition: 8(7A), 1028–1036.
2 Deschenes MR. Effects of aging on muscle fibre type and size. Sports Med. 2004;34(12):809-24.
3 Lustig RH et al. Public health: The toxic truth about sugar. Nature. 2012 Feb 1;482(7383):27-9. doi: 10.1038/482027a.
4 Vanderlee L et al. The efficacy of sugar labeling formats: Implications for labeling policy. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2015 Dec;23(12):2406-13. doi: 10.1002/oby.21316. Epub 2015 Sep 30.
5 Ahmed SH et al. Sugar addiction: pushing the drug-sugar analogy to the limit. Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care. 2013 Jul;16(4):434-9. doi: 10.1097/MCO.0b013e328361c8b8.
6 Yang Q et al. Added sugar intake and cardiovascular diseases mortality among US adults. JAMA Intern Med. 2014 Apr;174(4):516-24. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.13563.
7 Rebecca L Cowin et al. Feeding and reward: Perspectives from Three Rat Models of Binge Eating. Physiol Behav. 2011 Jul 25; 104(1): 87–97.
8 Stanhope KL. Sugar consumption, metabolic disease and obesity: The state of the controversy. Crit Rev Clin Lab Sci. 2015 Sep 17:1-16.
9 Wojcicki et al. Reducing Childhood Obesity by Eliminating 100% Fruit Juice. Am J Public Health. 2012 September; 102(9): 1630–1633.
10 Vermunt SH et al. Effects of sugar intake on body weight: a review. Obes Rev. 2003 May;4(2):91-9.
1 Susan B Robert et al. Energy requirements and aging. Public Health Nutrition: 8(7A), 1028–1036.
2 Deschenes MR. Effects of aging on muscle fibre type and size. Sports Med. 2004;34(12):809-24.
3 Lustig RH et al. Public health: The toxic truth about sugar. Nature. 2012 Feb 1;482(7383):27-9. doi: 10.1038/482027a.
4 Vanderlee L et al. The efficacy of sugar labeling formats: Implications for labeling policy. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2015 Dec;23(12):2406-13. doi: 10.1002/oby.21316. Epub 2015 Sep 30.
5 Ahmed SH et al. Sugar addiction: pushing the drug-sugar analogy to the limit. Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care. 2013 Jul;16(4):434-9. doi: 10.1097/MCO.0b013e328361c8b8.
6 Yang Q et al. Added sugar intake and cardiovascular diseases mortality among US adults. JAMA Intern Med. 2014 Apr;174(4):516-24. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.13563.
7 Rebecca L Cowin et al. Feeding and reward: Perspectives from Three Rat Models of Binge Eating. Physiol Behav. 2011 Jul 25; 104(1): 87–97.
8 Stanhope KL. Sugar consumption, metabolic disease and obesity: The state of the controversy. Crit Rev Clin Lab Sci. 2015 Sep 17:1-16.
9 Wojcicki et al. Reducing Childhood Obesity by Eliminating 100% Fruit Juice. Am J Public Health. 2012 September; 102(9): 1630–1633.
10 Vermunt SH et al. Effects of sugar intake on body weight: a review. Obes Rev. 2003 May;4(2):91-9.
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